Winter swimming

Winter swimming

Winter Swimming is swimming during the winter season, typically in outdoor locations (Open water swimming), or in unheated pools or lidos. Many winter swimmers swim with standard swimming costumes rather than with wetsuits or other thermal protection.

In colder countries winter swimming may be synonymous with Ice swimming.


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